Disaster DNC adopts rule requiring candidates to run and register as Democrat - Totally not aimed at Bernie

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) adopted a new rule on Friday aimed at keeping outsider candidates like Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) from trying to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020.

The new rule, adopted by the DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee, requires all Democratic presidential candidates to be a member of the Democratic Party, Yahoo News reported.

A presidential candidate running for the Democratic nomination must be a member of the party, accept the Democratic nomination and "run and serve" as a member.

Sanders, who has maintained his status as an independent, fought a tough primary race for the Democratic nomination against eventual presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in 2016.

A source familiar with the discussions told Yahoo News, however, that the rule wasn't targeted at Sanders.

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers and DNC member, posted a photo on Twitter Friday of the rules change at the meeting in Providence, R.I.

"At the time a presidential candidate announces their candidacy publicly, they must publicly affirm that they are a Democrat," the rule says.

In March, the DNC voted to acknowledge a need to reduce the influence of so-called superdelegates in presidential primaries - the unelected delegates who may support any candidate for the party's nomination, regardless of their state's victor.

Yahoo News reported that the committee did finalize a vote on superdelegates and will decide in August.
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http://thehill.com/homenews/campaig...ing-candidates-to-run-serve-as-a-democrat?amp
 
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Yeah I'm not really that outraged at the idea somebody needs to take the ten minutes or whatever to register as a democrat to run as a democrat.
Did I miss something where you needed to already be one for a couple of years or something leading into running?
 
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Good, if you want the Democratic nod you should be a Democrat. If Bernie wants to run again he should change his party registration, which he only kept separate for grandstanding purposes anyway.
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I agree. I don't think this is something bad. Although it's obviously aimed at Bernie and will incite Bernie Bros to think it's some epic conspiracy.
 
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I agree. I don't think this is something bad. Although it's obviously aimed at Bernie and will incite Bernie Bros to think it's some epic conspiracy.
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They're already trying to rig it for the cunt again.

Also I'd be amazed if Bernie runs again. He'll be nearly 80 by that time and that will be just too old.
 
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Regardless of the justifications, I don't see how anybody could view this as anything other than an example of those in power attempting to rig elections in their favor. A strong charge, perhaps, but that is what this sort of thing is basically tantamount to, whichever way you look at it.

It's also deeply hypocritical for the United States to intervene in other parts of the world and create havoc in the name of promoting democracy, when their own is clearly not functioning properly.
 
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Do these morons realize what they're doing is ensuring that candidates like Sanders, in future, will simply run as independents and split the vote and guarantee a Republican victory? It's like they want another Nader.
 
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Typically, the opposition party sees modest gains in midterms after a Presidental election goes against them, so there will be probably a small but noticeable uptick in the Dems fortunes, which will cause them to shout IT'S HAPPENING! BLUE WAVE MUTHFUCKAS!!!! when they gain a few seats, utterly convinced their retooling like this in the wake of HRC has worked. Their media pals will do everything they can to spin it as people being fed up with Drumpf (who will surely NOW be impreeeeeeched) and will still not touch the real issues driving his continued popularity and be utterly shell-shocked again when he wins another term. And it would be icing on the cake if that reelection had a third-party candidate like Bernie that they would lose thier shit over for stealing "their" votes.
 
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On one hand, any recognition the Democrat party has that they should avoid hardcore socialism makes me happy.

On the other hand, this is arguably more evidence of how out-of-touch the party is. More purity tests are unlikely to help them with voters, and if they want to vote for someone as far-left as Bernie...
 
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Jesus Christ it's not even close to 2020 and they're already trying to set up a framework for another failed Hillary Clinton run. What is so special about this women that such incredibly powerful institutions are so willing to fall on their own swords for her? It can't be her money or her pussy because there are many Democratic politicians who are just as rich and just as female so what the fuck is it?
 
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